Improved king-bolt socket for carriages



F. B. MORSE. King B olt Socket.

Patented May 17, 1870- emu-asset runners B.'1i/IOBSE,OF LPLANTSVILL'E, oonnnorion r, Asslenon' ro HIM- I isEL AND. H. 1).-sMIT -H&roo;, or SAME, PLACE.

.. lam item No. 103,274,1latpd May 17 1870; antedated Mil/ 12, 1870.

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The Schedule referred tqinthese Letters Patent and taking part of the same.

To all whom itinay concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS B. Monsabf Plants;

villa, in the eounty of- Hartford and State of Oou- -n eetieut, have invented anew Improvement in Kingbolt Socket for Oarriagcstand I do hereby declare the following, when taken 1 in connection with the, ac.-

companying; drawings and the letters of reference maked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part i of this specification, and represent in- Figure 1, a side view; Figure'2, a front view;

Figure 3, a verticalcentrul section; and in I Figure 4, a rear view. l

This invention relates toan improvement in the alticle of manufacture known to the trade as kin g-bolt socket for carriages, that is to say, thesooket which is attached to the axle-to receive the-king-bolt; and

It consists in forming the socket, clip-bar, and clip, all'in one and the same piece.

Heretofore the soelfet and clip have been formed in one piece and the barin another, the-socket held down to the bar by the nut-I upon'the king-bolt;- therefore, I wheneverthe-shoulder onthe king-bolt or socket has in any degree wornaway' by use, the hold upon the clip-bar is redueedby just so niueh as the wear. This occasions the neeessity of often tighteningthe kingbolt nut, a necessity which is entirely avoided by my, improvements" Ais the soeket'fin-king-bolts, of the usual 'orany desirable form.

B, the clip-bar, formed upon the lower eild of the socket, so as to extend across the-under 'side of the axle, and with a'seat, O, to rest upon the axle. v

D is the clip, formed upon the socket so as to pass l around th'e'axle and its bolt-end, through a perfi)ra-' tion, a, in the 'elipbar. I I The lastbend required around the axleis made by-j the eonsumer, the article being-left by the manufae' turer in the form seen in the drawings. Thus the socket isseeured to the aide by a single nut, andso thatit cannot be be affected by anywear upon the king-bolt.

I claim as my invention- The herein described king-bolt socket, as an article of manufacture, consisting of the socket A, clip-bar,

B, and'clip D, all in one and the same piece.

F. B. MORSE.

Witnesses: I

J OHN H; SHUMWAY, A. J. Tmnl'rs.

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